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Apple granted patent for touchscreen unlock(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by wgx 15y ago|2 comments
482.
by wgx 15y ago
Ha! Like the 'teapot' primitive in 3D packages?
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by wgx 15y ago
Early days, but it's 30% phallus at this point...
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by wgx 15y ago
Swiss rival Geberit also make a badass robot toilet [1], and they invest huge amounts in everything from software to water-flow acoustics in the home. [1] http://www.geberit.co.uk/web/appl/uk/wcmsuk.nsf/pages/prod-a...
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OSX Lion contains 'Vinyl Icon' Easter Egg of Jobs' Phrases(cultofmac.com)
2 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
He can code a physics engine and throw a ball in that. </sarcasm>
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by wgx 15y ago
I whole heartedly agree. Our baby is 1 next week and it has been, without doubt, the most amazing, terrifying, tiring and joyous year. Can't wait to teach him to code.
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The capitalist network that runs the world(newscientist.com)
4 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
"Don't make objects that end with 'er'." [1] From a post previously seen on HN. http://objology.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-of-best-bits-of-pro...
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by wgx 15y ago
How frustrating. I only posted because I saw the full article - WSJ must detect certain referrers and show the full text if linked from certain sites. Paywalls suck.
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Google, VC firms, consider bid to buy Yahoo(online.wsj.com)
11 points by wgx 15y ago|6 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
WOW. Very responsive and frame rate never dipped below 40fps. Although, my fans have just activated on the 2011 MBP Quad core i7!
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Redgate send a developer to Hull(developerinhull.com)
1 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
Or, DuckDuckGo http://duckduckgo.com/ And, quite agree.
495.
by wgx 15y ago
Nothing... in Chrome 14.0.835.202 on OSX 10.7.2
496.
by wgx 15y ago
Nice bass != base in that comment. You definitely don't want a low-frequency rumble from your tripod affecting photos. ;)
497.
by wgx 15y ago
True. The 'standard' in France is 5 weeks.
498.
by wgx 15y ago
True, it's not known as "The Daily Fail" for nothing.
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by wgx 15y ago
>What's more amazing is that Apple does this with one phone. I think that's part of how Apple do it. Focus.
500.
by wgx 15y ago
Crashed my iPhone Safari.
501.
by wgx 15y ago
If you're not paying for it, then you're not the customer, you're the product being sold.
502.
by wgx 15y ago
What a joke, he either bears a grudge or is hopelessly misinformed. Or both.
503.
by wgx 15y ago
Financial services are, of course, among the most cautious of organisations - which makes this kind of glaring mistake all the more worrying. Astonishing.
504.
by wgx 15y ago
Seconded - LibreOffice frequently opens large sheets that Numbers struggles with.
505.
by wgx 15y ago
Agree about "Y", I often tap it and end up at YC when expecting HN.
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by wgx 15y ago
I wrote a similar post a couple of weeks back from my (shorter) stint on HN: http://willgrant.org/hn-traffic-stats-summary/
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by wgx 15y ago
And requires the install of Adobe AIR.
508.
by wgx 15y ago
Got some very bizarre results, none of which really matched anything I drew. I suspect this is more down to Google's image matching than your tool though! Example: http://imgur.com/PvIFT
509.
by wgx 15y ago
Feedback: I'd like to be able to alter the RGB values by entering into the input field, rather than 'press and guess' on the colour picker.
510.
by wgx 15y ago
Yep, I don't allow the google background processes which run the updater.

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